The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-08-04
Meeting Of the ChIckasaw County
a. q. n.

The Chickasaw County A. q. R.
met al Pleasant Ridge r. no. 27.
July 18th, 1857. and was called 10
order by W. p. John W. Wiater.
Bros. #. n. Ross, Robt. Lyles. and
f. j. Window committee on Gre
dentials made the following report:
Pearsalls No. 40, f. J. Window.
J. W. Harrington. /. II. Pearsal.
members Del g.. Liberty Hill.
No. l59, J II. Craig, Sand Aston.
R. Williams, Del. members. 20.
College Hill, No. 20, B. F. Naron.
A. Cattage, j. A. Summersll Del.
members, so. Bogue Culley, No.
1853, W. A. Bean, E. Y. Smith. W.
T. Davis, Del. members 54. Cen.
ter Hill, No. 1872, J. H. Castles. J.
W. Fitzgerald, W. f. Allen, Del.
members 55. Pleasant Ridge. No.
p, J. T. Hood, D. D. Tabb, T. A.
House, Del. members 90. S.
Friendship, No. A, q. H. Owen,
NJ. S. Foster, F. N. Carlisle, Del.
members rs. Washington, No. 2s
J. c. Mabry, w. W. Bolding, T. T.
Hobson, Del. members II. Co.
Line, No. s6, W. W. Bristle, J.
Keneda, J. NJ. Harris, Del. mem.
bers 20. Parkers No. -J.R. Par
ker, c. c. Doss, D. W. james, Del.
members Sc. Pleasant Grove, No.
S6, N. Monaghan, J. V. Martin,
4. ]. Nabors, Del. members "A.
New Hope, No. 1873, R. P. Spencer.
r. W. Priest, A. Brock, Del. mom-
bers 40. (Chalk Bluff, Enon, North
Friendship, and Sparta Reliefs not
represented The committee ap-
pointed at q former meeting on cot
ton scalage made the following re-
port: We, your committee on seal
age met at Okolona and entered in
10 a written contract with the
weighers that they viii store for
thirty days, mark and weigh an
cotton for Is cts per bale, and give
full weight without scalage. On
motion, the same committed be in
structed to ascertain what amount,
Gfany) win be charged for storage
after the expiration Of thirty days.
J. A. Lewis, J. D. Smith, L. c.
Suggs, and ]. D. Valiant. was APP
pointed committee to concur with
Clay co. Relief and see what ar
rangements can be made at West
Point and Aberdeen as TO cotton
weighing and scalage. Ga motion
]. W. Winter be added to the above
committee. On motion Bro. E. H.
Flynn prepare q manuscript copy
of an essay written by A. Brock oi
New Hope A. R. for publication
with request to the CmcKAsAw
MEssENaER, Houston Free South
and Farmer, to publish same. The
following resolutions was read and
adopted: Resolved lst. That it i:
the sense of Chiekasaw Co. Relief
that we favor the passage ofsuel
a law by tho Congress of the U. S
as will stop the indiscriminate land
ing upon our shores Of hundreds o
thousands of all classes of foreign
emigrants. Resolved End. Tha
we earnestly request our Senators
and Representatives ~ Congress
to labor for the enactment Of suel
laws as will accomplish the desired
end set forth in Resolved 1st, there
by materially beneftting the future
peace and prosperity Of our coun
try. Resolved, That we A. R. O
Chickasaw county favor the cali
ing of State constitutional con
vention by our next Legislature
and that our G. A. R,-aGthe Stat,
be memorialzed accordingly. 2nd
That we favor the election 81 al
State and county officers, including
Judges of circuit and ohanoerJ
courts and that elections for al
State and county officers be helt
every four years and that said elec
tons be held in the same year anc
at the same time that is now provid
ed tor holding Presidential elee
'tions, and tBat the oficisl terms fo
all officers shall be for four years
Cant ]. ID. Smith the worthy leci